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Soon after the Mexican-American War and up to the time of the US Civil War, the US Military the rifling of artillery barrels became an adopted principle, but the process was a slow one and the rifling of shoulder arms became primary. For example it was not until 1860, the US Army recommended that one half of its bronze cannons be rifled. The results were not satisfactory. At the outbreak of the US Civil War, the basic smooth-bore cannon was the twelve pounder "Napoleon which had been introduced in 1856.The most commonly used cannons on both sides of the US Civil War were the ten pounder Parrot canon and what was known as the three inch ordnance gun. Although the cannons with rifled barrels had greater distance and more accuracy than the smooth- bore cannons, soldiers had more fear of the latter due to the larger size and its much larger "cannister" ordnance.
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